CYPRUS:392. Stanford, E. ‘CYPRUS’. A large detailed map of the Island of Cyprus at the very beginning of the 20th century. Scale: Five and a half English miles to one inch. A railway line has been laid between Famagusta and Nicosia, then continuing further west to the town of
Morphou. Christian villages and Muslim villages are seperately indicated. Edward Stanford ca. 1896 [26537] 46 x 61 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £250
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ISTANBUL:393. Foster, B. ‘PANORAMIC VIEW OF CONSTANTINOPLE, FROM THE TOWER OF GALATA’. Panorama of Istanbul, drawn by Birket Foster, from a sketch by S. Read. Woodengraving for the Illustrated London News 1853 [23257] 35 x 51 cm. Full recent
colour. Excellent condition. £225
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ISTANBUL:394. Harrall, H. ‘THE CONFERENCE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION - PANORAMIC VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE’. Two magnificent views on one sheet, one from Stamboul looking over the Golden Horn and
Pera, the other of Constantinople and the Mouth of the Golden Horn looking from
Pera. A fascinating glimpse of Constantinople in the mid-nineteenth century. Woodengraving by Horace Harrall for The Graphic 1876 [21528] 15 x 100 cm each. Lower margin originally closely cropped to subtitle and now extended. Full superb recent
colour. Excellent condition. £650
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JERUSALEM:395. Fleischmann, A. C. ‘EIGENTLICHE VORSTELLUNG DER STATT JERUSALEM UND DERSELBEN UMLIEGENDEN GEGENDEN ZU SALOMONIS ... ZEITEN’. Birds-eye view/plan of Jerusalem at the time of King Salomon with cartouche and table of explanations in German. Engraved by August Christian Fleischmann in Nuremberg ca. 1736 [23786] 35 x 40 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £250
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NEAR EAST:396. Visscher, N. ‘DE GELEGENTHEYT VAN’T PARADYS ENDE’T LANDT CANAAN...’. Map of the Near East, showing mainly Iraq, also Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, northern Arabia. Nicolaas Visscher ca. 1680 [25628] 32 x 47 cm. Full original
colour, incl. cartouche and vignettes. £180
Long tear near lower centre fold
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PALESTINE:397. Ortelius, A. ‘TERRA SANCTA’. Map of Israel with pictorial cartouche, scale of miles and shipwreck scene with Jonas and the whale. North orientated to the left. Spanish text verso. Abraham Ortelius ca. 1588 [24181] 37 x 50 cm. Full original
colour, incl. cartouches. Excellent condition. £780
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PALESTINE:398. Tirinus, J. / Belling, J. E. ‘CHOROGRAPHIA TERRAE SANCTAE IN ANGUSTIOREM FORMAM
REDACTA, ET EX VARIIS AUCTORIBUS A MULTIS ERRORIBUS EXPURGATA’. Map of the Holy Land, below and on both sides surrounded by numerous vignettes of temples, statues and religious objects, and oval plan of Old Jerusalem below (‘Hierosolymae Veteris Imago’). North orientated to the left. Printed on two sheets and joined. Engraved in Augsburg by Joseph Erasmus Belling ca. 1650 [25051] 32 x 82 cm.
Uncoloured. Excellent condition. £750
Uncommon. - Apparently a re-engraving with variations of an earlier map by Jacobus Tirinus (variously ascribed also to van
Adrichem) of ca. 1632. Belling is a little known mid 17th century engraver of
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PALESTINE:399. Visscher, N. ‘TERRA SANCTA SIVE
PROMISSIONIS, OLIM PALESTINA RECENS DELINEATA...’. Detailed map of the Holy Land, north orientated to the right. Nicolaas Visscher 1659 [22123] 46 x 56 cm. Title cartouche with putti and flower garlands, sailing ships, scale of miles and inset plan of the Tabernacle and ceremonial festivities (all uncoloured as issued), the map in original outline
colour. £650
Short tear to lower centrefold sometime
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PALESTINE:400. Sanson, N. / Jaillot, H. ‘JUDAEA SEU TERRA SANCTA QUAE HEBRAEORUM SIVE ISRAELITARUM TERRA, IN SUAS DUODECIM TRIBUS
DIVISA.....’. Large map of the Holy Land, divided into tribes, with two large decorative cartouches (title and scale of miles). Published by Hubert Jaillot from the plate by Nicolas Sanson 1691 [22125] 56 x 83 cm. Original outline
colour. £600
This is the much larger and more uncommon version of Jaillot’s Palestine map. Jaillot often published these maps separately. - Short tear to lower margin sometime
rebacked, otherwise very good condition. |
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PALESTINE:401. Sanson, G. ‘JUDAEA SEU TERRA SANCTA QUAE HEBRAEORUM SIVE ISRAELITARUM TERRA...’. Map of Palestine, showing the location of the various tribes, with figurative cartouche and scale of miles. Gulielmi Sanson ca. 1700 [23779] 49 x 58 cm. The map in full original
colour. Centrefold and verdigris cracks expertly strengthened veso, otherwise in good condition. £400
Guillaume Sanson was the son of Nicolas
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PALESTINE:402. Sanson, N. / Vaugondy, R. ‘TERRE DE CHANAAN OU TERRE PROMISE A ABRAHAM ET A SA POSTERITÉ...’. Map of Palestine and Sinai with large cartouche, vignette, diagram of the Isrealite encampments and inset map showing Abraham’s travels in the Near East. After designs by Nicolas Sanson published by Robert de Vaugondy 1743 [23844] 42 x 55 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £350
Pedley 391. |
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PALESTINE:403. Bowen, E. ‘AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE HOLY LAND DIVIDED INTO THE XII TRIBES OF ISRAEL...’. Map of Palestine with large cartouche. Emanuel Bowen ca. 1766 [26805] 32 x 23 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £170
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PALESTINE:404. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. ‘PALESTINE & ADJACENT COUNTRIES’. Map of Israel and Lebanon with inset map of the environs of Jerusalem. Thomas and Cowperthwait in Philadelphia for Mitchell ca. 1850 [24667] 40 x 32 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £70
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TURKEY:405. Bowen, E. ‘A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF ANATOLIA OR ASIA MINOR WITH SYRIA AND SUCH OTHER PROVINCES OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE...’. Map of Turkey with decorative cartouche. Emanuel Bowen ca. 1766 [26803] 34 x 42 cm. Recent outline
colour. Excellent condition. £185
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TURKEY and NEAR / MIDDLE EAST:406. Cary, J. ‘A NEW MAP OF TURKEY IN ASIA ...’. Map of Turkey, with parts of Near East, Iraq and Cyprus. John Cary 1801 [26176] 46 x 52 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £125
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TURKEY and NEAR / MIDDLE EAST:407. Thomson, J. ‘TURKEY IN ASIA’. Doublepage map of Turkey, Syria and Cyprus. Thomson 1814 [19334] 39 x 50 cm. Full original
colour. Excellent condition. £100
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TURKEY and NEAR / MIDDLE EAST:408. Reichard, C. G. ‘CHARTE DES OSMANISCHEN REICHS IN
ASIEN...’. Map of the Turkish Empire in Asia: Turkey, Cyprus, Near and Middle East and Iraq. Christian Gottlieb Reichard for Verlag des Geograph. Instituts Weimar 1817 [25837] 48 x 63 cm. Original outline
colour. Excellent condition. £175
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